AN INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

 The G.C.S.E. Performing Arts course gives students the opportunity to study a wide range of performance, design, technical and management skills relating to the Performing

Arts industry and realise them in production.

 The focus of the course is to give students the opportunity to experience the Performing Arts industry in a meaningful context through active participation in performance work. This may be as a performer, as a technician, as a designer or a combination of any of the designated performing arts disciplines below:

Acting                          Costume designer       Set designer   

Singing                        Properties                   Marketing and Publicity                    

Dance                          Masks                          Sound

Music                          Puppets                       Stage management

Music technology        Make-up                      DJ’ing                         

Lighting                       Front of House

The course allows students to experiment with a range of Performing Arts disciplines in a real context for a specific target audience and enables students to choose the way in which they deliver it to the performance outcome.

 Students are encouraged to:

Actively engage in the processes of Performing Arts and to develop broad skills, knowledge and understanding of the Performing Arts industry. 

The need for continuous practice and improvement is fundamental to the aims of the course, and clear and detailed rehearsal schedules should be produced as an ongoing focus for development. 

The specification is unitised in its structure and is offered as a single GCSE award - Units 1 and 2 

Unit 1: Skills development

Unit 2: Showcase performance